What do you need?” It was late one night, when I heard a knock at the door, as I got up from my desk and headed to the door, and saw him and asked that question. Em had snot running down his face and was sniffling, having been crying from the looks of it, he was only about 7 at this point, only having just turned 7 a few weeks before, as he asked in a quiet shaky voice, “Can I sleep in your room tonight..?” I paused for a second, having been expecting him to ask me to do something, like check for a monster under his bed, or something, “I…” I sighed, hearing the yelling, as my father’s study was just down the hall from my room. He and mom were arguing again, “What are they screaming about now?” I just sounded tired as Em whimpered, still sniffling, “I don’t know… It doesn’t even sound like words anymore..” All I could manage was a small nod, picking him up and taking him into my room, “Alright, let’s get you cleaned up and you can sleep in my room, kay?” as he just nodded, going completely nonverbal, understandably. They had been arguing more lately, though I didn’t know why, as I just got Em cleaned up, and found something to muffle all the yelling, before just putting him in my bed and getting him to fall asleep. I ended up playing a lullaby to drown out the noise, even though I wasn’t exactly the best with my violin, with the constant hand tremors that I’ve been having recently, but didn’t have the guts to tell anyone. I didn’t need to be called defective again, especially by my mother.
Minor explanation; Ages in this: Em - 7 Soren - 10 Soren was always constantly called defective because of various things, including the fact he didn’t get the golden eyes Em got, which makes you the heir, along with the fact that he can see [ancient] magic, which, from a young age, overstimulated him easily, and gave him panic attacks, which his mom hated and would smack him for, he very rarely can get it so he can see normally, and it just gets worse as he gets older, which is why Soren is almost always alone in the main series and avoiding Em, who to him, is very very bright, as magic shows to him as light, especially ancient magic. He will learn to control it via Ashvorn’s help. Eventually.
